Hanse Davion required the design of the new 'Mech be based on a current model to reduce the capital investment. In no time, the old Enforcer was chosen as the basis for the design. As most factories that built Enforcers had already been upgraded to the new technology, huge stores of older parts were available.

The Watchman showed its true colors when compared to light 'Mechs such as the Wasp and the Valkyrie, both plentiful in militia units. It carried more than twice the armor of a Wasp, and effectively paced the Valkyrie in fieled tests. Reliance on older, surplus beam weapons assures the Watchman a long life in garrison and training units.

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Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

Watchman beetleZool., the European dor. -- Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock. -- Watchman's detector, ∨ Watchman's time detector, an apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds. -- Watchman's rattle, an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound.